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Africa

Learn more about the cash programmes and work within the African region, carried out by the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement. Search different resources including case studies, photos, articles and evaluations.

The Africa Community of Practice online space is dedicated to National Societies in the Africa region, enabling information sharing and progress updates, as well as access to country specific tools and learning opportunities.

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17 August 2023

Token-based cash transfer to support vulnerable families’ access to water

Type:

Case study

Organization:

Cash Hub, IFRC, Kenya Red Cross

This case study provides an overview of a project that set up smart water meters and distributed electronic vouchers as tokens to vulnerable families, allowing them access to safe drinking…

  • WASH

13 July 2023

Onward Bound: Evaluating Cash and Voucher Assistance for Migrants on Sahel’s Migration Trail

Type:

Research

Organization:

British Red Cross, Samuel Hall

This research provides evidence on the opportunities and challenges to integrate cash and vouchers assistance (CVA) as a support modality in migration programming in the context of transit migration in…

  • Emergencies

26 June 2023

The use of the RedRose data management platform for Cash and Voucher Assistance (CVA)

Type:

Learning

Organization:

Cash Hub

This document describes the experience of five NSs (Gambia, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia) who piloted the RedRose platform for Cash and Voucher Assistance (CVA). This learning review aims to…

  • Cash technology
  • Information management

27 March 2023

Dignified Identities in humanitarian action: Journey and reflection

Type:

Report

Organization:

American Red Cross, ICHA, IFRC, Innovation Norway, Kenya Red Cross, Norwegian Church Aid, Norwegian Red Cross, Save the Children, Uganda Red Cross

This report summarizes the journey and achievements of the Dignified Identity in Cash Assistance (DIGID) consortium to develop, test and validate the humanitarian digital identity concept it launched in 2019…

  • DIGID
  • Information management

13 October 2022

Case study: Cash and Voucher Assistance (CVA) and livelihoods during COVID 19 pandemic in The Gambia

Type:

Case study

Organization:

Livelihoods Centre, Spanish Red Cross, The Gambia Red Cross

This case study from The Gambia Red Cross Society (GRCS), in close collaboration with Spanish Red Cross (SpRC), provides insight on the implementation of CVA activities in The Gambia to…

  • COVID-19
  • Livelihoods

11 October 2022

PGI-Sensitive CVA Checklist

Type:

Tool

This checklist, developed by the IFRC and Africa Community of Practice to provide a checklist of PGI requirements for programming using CVA, can be used as a tool to ensure…

  • Social Protection

In partnership with:

British Red Cross